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Ready
298 pages
A high-octane blend of shadowy threats and scorching heat, where survival means trusting a fiercely protective hero.
What it feels like
This is a breathless, adrenaline-fueled ride that perfectly balances the chilling paranoia of a stalker thriller with the scorching heat of an erotic romance. The atmosphere is thick with tension, capturing both the shadowy dread of an unseen threat and the sultry, undeniable pull between a woman in peril and the fiercely protective man determined to keep her safe. The prose is direct and sensory, keeping the pacing propulsive as the stakes escalate. It is an intensely emotional read that moves from isolated vulnerability to the fierce, passionate security of found safety. Readers who devour high-stakes romantic suspense featuring unapologetic alpha heroes and close-proximity heat will find themselves completely swept up in this urgent, steamy escape.
- Mood
- tense
- sultry
- shadowy
- adrenaline-fueled
- Tone
- intense
- protective
- steamy
- urgent
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- found safety · alpha protection · overcoming fear · trusting another · high-stakes desire
- The writing
- Direct, breathless, and heavily focused on sensory details and escalating tension.
- The arc
- Moves from isolated terror and vulnerability to fierce, passionate security in the arms of a protector.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-heat romance paired with the adrenaline spike of a stalker-suspense plot and fiercely protective heroes.
Content notes
- stalking
- threats to family
- explicit sexual content
- fear and paranoia
About the book
They’re the good guys fighting the bad guys. They’ll get the job done—if the price is right and so is the cause. Meet three sexy men who individually are READY, WILLING, and ABLE to go the distance—and together, are unstoppable...As a writer, Lise Barton is used to coming up with wild scenarios for her characters, but the one that’s playing out for her right now is no fiction—it’s frighteningly real. Someone is stalking her, someone who knows where she lives and what she does. Someone who has even threatened her family—her brother, his wife, and their precious baby girl. Lise isn’t about to let someone hurt them, so she packs up and leaves Texas for the anonymity of Seattle. And then the threats start again...
Description from Open Library.
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